• A street in Naha on Jan. 15. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said Monday cases in the prefecture have passed their peak, thanks partly to the quasi-emergency measures that have been in place since Jan. 9. | KYODO
    A street in Naha on Jan. 15. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said Monday cases in the prefecture have passed their peak, thanks partly to the quasi-emergency measures that have been in place since Jan. 9. | KYODO
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Okinawa was the first prefecture to get hit with the omicron wave and early signs indicate it may be the first one to emerge on the other side.

After a surge starting around New Year’s that brought the prefecture’s daily case count to a peak of nearly 2,000, new infections have steadily dropped in recent days.

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